Pawnshop white paper qualbe pawn ecommerce report

July 31, 2018

When you think of a pawn shop, you probably think of opening a glass door, hearing a bell ring and walking to the glass counter to see what’s for sale. People typically associate pawn shops with brick-and-mortar storefronts at street intersections.

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Shopware

Shopware, founded in Schöppingen in 2000, offers a holistic omnichannel digital commerce platform for sophisticated mid-market and lower enterprise merchants, with high flexibility and various options for B2C, D2C, B2B, as well as service-based use cases. Shopware is well-positioned and one of the market leaders in its segment, especially in the DACH region, with a fast-growing business in North America.

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Real-Time Payments Systems & Third Party Access

whitePaper | January 27, 2020

Just as digital technologies have transformed so much of our lives, from access to information to communicating, the adoption of digital payments is fundamentally transforming banking systems, commerce, and societies around the world. Digital payments are full of promise. They can bring new levels of convenience and efficiencies, security and transparency, access and growth. Countries that have rolled out payment systems are already reaping the benefits. However, due to the inherent complexities of financial systems and of deploying digital technology, there is no one-size-fits-all model.

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Defining and MeasuringPayment Interoperability

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

According to PayPal’s Borderless Commerce Report, worldwide e-commerce is expected togrow 14.3% in 2021, with a 28% increase in new online shoppers. 1 Based on Visa’s latest Global Merchant E-commerce Study, 66% of e-commerce companies are selling products across borders, with cross-border sales accountingfor around one-third (31%) of their revenue on average. 2 Even though 87% of merchants believe their biggest growth potential lies with international online sales expansion, owners of small businesses expressed their reluctance to take actions to expand into new markets 3 Lacking interoperable payment solutions suitable for international trade is preventing merchants, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), from tapping into international markets:

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Environmental Analysis of US Online Shopping

whitePaper | December 22, 2019

Since the advent of the Internet in the 1990s, there has been a significant increase in online shopping in the United States. As online shopping keeps growing, so does the online retail industry. Multiple players are investing either through pure online retailing or by click and mortar retailing, which also has a physical presence and a face-to face experience with their customers. While significant research has been done on the operational, marketing, branding and buying behavior dimensions of both retailing processes.

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Polybags in the fashion industry: evaluating the options

whitePaper | December 19, 2019

Polybags are the ubiquitous packaging of the fashion industry something that unites brands small and large, from sportswear to luxury, to fast fashion retailers. This is the clear plastic bag which covers every garment from manufacturing to retail stores or consumer homes. In some cases, it is removed before it gets to a consumer, but polybags are still present ‘behind the scenes’. Our report does not focus on other sources of plastic, including retail shopping bags or ecommerce mailers, which have been covered in other publications.

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A guide to transformation in the cloud

whitePaper | May 31, 2022

When innovative companies plan and perform digital business transformation initiatives, they rely on technology to realize breakthrough results that businesses have sought to accomplish for years:

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Reimagining Retail Commerce in 2023

whitePaper | April 6, 2023

In 2017, commercetools published “Reimagining Retail Commerce...with the Right Tools.” The paper was meant to inspire traditional retailers to forget about trying to compete with Amazon — and start focusing on building their own businesses by “using innovation to support customer engagement and make your brand experience inviting, authentic, distinctive and personal.” The key takeaways? One: Embracing modern technology is the key to generating loyalty and, thus, sales. And two: By using APIs, retailers can add features gradually for incremental innovation, revamping their platform over time to alleviate fear and pushback within their organization.

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Shopware

Shopware, founded in Schöppingen in 2000, offers a holistic omnichannel digital commerce platform for sophisticated mid-market and lower enterprise merchants, with high flexibility and various options for B2C, D2C, B2B, as well as service-based use cases. Shopware is well-positioned and one of the market leaders in its segment, especially in the DACH region, with a fast-growing business in North America.

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